I’m not really in the excuse business.
BILL PARCELLSCreatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.
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Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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In the end, I’ve found, people like the direct approach. It’s much more valuable to them to have a leader who’s absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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